China launches remote sensing satellites
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Updated: 2017-12-26 13:06
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XICHANG, Sichuan - China launched remote sensing satellites at 3:44 a.m.(Beijing Time) Tuesday on a Long March-2C carrier rocket from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
The satellites have entered its preset orbit and the launch was proclaimed a success.
As the third batch of the Yaogan-30 project, the satellites will conduct electromagnetic environmental probes and other experiments.
The launch is the 260th mission of the Long March rocket family.
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